The Forbidden City is shrouded in wind and snow at night.

The snowflakes in the night sky were blown up by the strong wind, and the dozens of lords kneeling in front of the Qianqing Gate seemed to feel the chill in the face of the fierce snowstorm.

Many people had snow piled up on their shoulders and were motionless, and even their hair and beards were covered with a thin layer of frost.

The perennial wine has hollowed out many people's bodies, and they who used to be able to go up the mountain to catch tigers and go into the water to catch dragons are now shivering under the wind and snow.

Despite the extreme damage caused to their bodies by the cold and the wind and snow, no one dared to move their bodies.

Not long after, another group of military attaches came to the square outside the Qianqing Gate, and this time it was the Yanfu faction headed by Zhu Neng, Li Bin and others.

When they saw the situation of Wang Yi and the others, Zhu Neng, Li Bin and the others didn't say much, and knelt directly in front of the Qianqing Gate.

For a time, many of the imprisoned princes and uncles were released, their wills were constantly conveyed, their family property was confiscated, and they were escorted by soldiers to the carriage or train back to their hometown.

Perhaps reminded by her words, Zhu Gaoxu finally spoke after a quarter of an hour: "Call Zhu Neng, Wang Yi, and Chen Chang in." ”

"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, the gold, silver and copper coins that can be collected into the treasury are worth about 20 million taels, and there are more than 6 million treasure banknotes."

"You tell me what I should do to you now, so that you can change your mind and go back to that high-spirited time!"

"You let Hu Lun and Liu Mian pay more attention, and there can't be anything wrong with the imperial examination."

Now the people of Beizhili, Henan, and Nanzhili are used to buy land to support the people in the northwest and southwest, which is more conducive to the balanced development of the localities.

Among them, nearly 100,000 were distributed to Hecheng and Hailaercheng, and the rest were distributed to Hami, Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou and other places.

If Zhu Gaoxu just said the three of them, the three of them could definitely deny that they had done these things, because they really hadn't done these things, and they restrained their families very well.

Yishuha said, and at the same time said: "In addition, the Third Highness and the Fourth Highness will graduate this year, and the two mothers want to ask Your Majesty where these two Highnesses are." ”

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head sideways, looked down at Guo Yan and asked, Guo Yan nodded without thinking: "Damn!" ”

"Whether it is before or after entering the customs, I have said more than once, restrain yourself! Restrain yourself! Restrain yourself! ”

"Zhu Neng took his father's position as the deputy Qianhu, and he didn't experience the hardships of the people, but Wang Yi and Chen Chang, what about the two of you?"

The normal turmoil began on the winter solstice of the sixth year of Hongxi and ended until the cold food festival of the seventh year of Hongxi, and for more than three months, 1,246 officials and 27,597 officials were arrested.

Zhu Gaoxu brushed his sleeves away, Zhu Neng, Wang Yi, Chen Chang and others bowed five times and knocked three times, got up tremblingly and left the Qianqing Palace.

Qiu Song's group of people must not be killed, but severe punishment is possible.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, and Guo Zi also nodded in agreement.

Behind them, many military generals of the Yanfu faction also knelt down one after another, and for a while, nearly 100 military attachés and ministers above the fourth rank gathered outside the Qianqing Gate, which was not spectacular.

Zhu Gaoxu took a sip of the teacup, a few months have passed, he has already walked out of the shadow of the "Gui Mao case", although this case has brought him a lot of influence, but he has refocused on the voyage of the big ship of the Ming Dynasty.

"Spread the will, Qiu Song, Chen Gui, Huo Zhen, Li Qi, Xu Qin, Li Cha, Li Chi, Fang Kuan...... and other twenty-three people all won the title, and they were ordered to migrate back to their hometowns and not be allowed to enter Beijing! ”

He asked cautiously, and Zhu Gaoxu shook his head when he heard this: "Just destroy it on the spot." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the news from half a month ago has arrived in Guangzhou, and it will arrive in Guangnan south of Jiaozhi in April at most."

After making a bow, the two of them withdrew from the side hall, and the scholars of the palace who were in charge of the main hall also watched them leave, and finally put their minds back on the music in front of them.

The firelight illuminated a corner of the palace, and the orange-red light was reflected on the "General Map of the Four Yi Binfu under Heaven".

"Slaves and maids are ......"

"By the way, what has Wang Yi been doing lately?" Zhu Gaoxu thought of Wang Yi, and when he heard this, his eyes were a little gloomy and he said:

"After the last intercession, I contracted a cold, and it took three months to get better, but I also fell ill because of this."

"But in all dynasties, the heroes have their own set of disposal methods, that is, in the past, Hou Jun conspired against him, and Tang Taizong only killed him."

The Ming Dynasty can now hold the northeast, and the northwest and southwest regions and the South Seas region are the next steps.

"Haven't I rewarded you well enough?"

"Your Majesty, this year's imperial examination, whether to increase the number of hires, local officials seem to be a little insufficient."

Although Zhu Gaoxu was scolding Wang Yi and Chen Chang with this sentence, he even scolded Zhu Neng.

"More than 200 boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings have been transported to the inner court, the pit has been transferred to the officials of the Mining Division, and the grain and houses have been sold locally and then filled into the state treasury."

"Minister......

In this cold night, apart from the sound of wind and snow, Zhu Gaoxu could hardly hear anything else.

"You always tell me how you're doing, but I never complain to you about how I'm doing."

"As for these things, they are roughly the third honor, the second eunuch, and the fifth official."

"Get out of here!"

"At the end of next year, the first batch of 20 million yuan of national bonds will be repaid, will the household department have enough money and food?"

He is forty-three years old, and even if he can really live to the age of his grandfather, he will only have more than twenty years.

Yisha whispered, but Zhu Gaoxu did not respond.

"Your Majesty, the minister is rude, please punish your majesty......"

Zhu Gaoxu narrowed his eyes, but when he thought that Wang Hui was only five or six years old from him, he gradually relaxed again.

He didn't have enough time, so he had to complete the construction of the few railways that the Ming Dynasty needed in the shortest possible time.

"I said a long time ago, what we are going to do now is to open up the world, and if this thing is successful, your name will be recorded in the history books, but what are you doing now?"

"In that case, then you can handle this matter well, and sell this batch of fields, which should be able to repay the national debt and arrears of the following year."

Yisha saluted Guo Yan, and Guo Yan crossed him with his head bowed and came to Zhu Gaoxu's side and stood and saluted Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu said "restrain yourself" three times in a row, which made the three of them blush.

Zhu Gaoxu really felt very tired, he knew that the relationship between the monarch and the minister could not be treated as brothers, but they were brothers who fought on the battlefield.

"This Wang Hui can hold back and not be greedy, which I didn't expect."

After they walked out of the Qianqing Palace, Yishiha also passed the will to the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies, the Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other yamen.

"The rest of the civil and military officials involved and their relatives are all assigned to Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou, Hecheng, Hailaercheng and Hami!"

Wang Yi, Zhu Neng, and Chen Chang knelt down and kowtowed, Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth when he heard this, and only suppressed his temper for a while, and turned around with a gloomy expression.

"Yes......" Guo Zi breathed a sigh of relief, and destroyed the more than 6 million yuan of national bonds, and he could also reduce the interest of more than 100,000 yuan every year.

For example, most of the acres of land confiscated this time were the land of Beizhili, Henan, and Nanzhili, and although the people in these places were not very rich, they were definitely not poor.

It is a skill to fight down, but it is a merit to be able to hold it.

His actions were seen by the other four people, Xu Shuo was embarrassed, Xue Xuan was pretending not to see, although Yang Rong and Yang Pu did not show any smug expressions, but the playful eyes were enough to sting Wang Hui's heart.

In contrast, the people in the northwest and southwest are the real poor.

After a short time, the Qianqing door opened, and Yisha walked out of it, and said to the group of lords who were shivering in the wind and snow:

"Anything else?" Zhu Gaoxu asked, and the two shook their heads and got up.

Only when the railway is built can we begin to migrate people to the interior, move the few people from the northwest to the interior, and move the Han people from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest and southwest, so as to achieve territorial stability.

"If Your Majesty kills them, then how should the people of Bohai, Beiping, and Daning face Your Majesty?"

Shortly after his departure, he was accompanied by Guo Zi, the head of the household department, and Xia Yuanji, the head of the official department.

"Slave and maid receive ......"

Yisha waited for Zhu Gaoxu to speak, but he didn't speak.

At least in the past, he would not let the Metropolitan Procuratorate inspect the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies and the Army.

When something like this happened, Zhu Neng naturally knew how angry Zhu Gaoxu was.

The spread of the Gui Mao case was too wide, and Zhu Gaoxu not only did not hold a ten-day regular dynasty, but even announced a boycott of the court at the Zhengdan court meeting in the seventh year of Hongxi.

"The car and the barbarian are all good places, and the place where they will be in the future will also be in the place of three announcements and ten comforts, so it's good to get familiar with it in advance."

"According to the Law of the Great Ming, should they die?"

"Punishment?" Zhu Gaoxu's tone was scornful: "Can I still cure your sins now?" ”

"It is said that Your Majesty has the style of Emperor Taizu Gao, but in the eyes of the concubines, His Majesty attaches no less importance to affection than Tang Taizong."

"What do I think, it's all the three of you who brought people to force the palace, and you still need me to punish the crime?"

Yishiha didn't dare to say anything, but turned around and left.

Now he only feels that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty can understand him, and they don't know how much effort and time it takes for the Ming Dynasty to wait for the same opportunity as the present after the Ming Dynasty misses the current opportunity.

"I just didn't expect that your appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and now you even dare to get started with national politics such as railways, do you want to learn from the previous dynasty in the future, start drinking the blood of the soldiers, and eat empty salaries?!"

"As for the annual income, the total amount of land taxes, commercial taxes, and miscellaneous items is 45.7 million yuan, and the negative amount is 15.3 million yuan."

"Are you here to persuade me too......"

Guo Yan's voice fell, and he immediately raised his hand and knelt down for Zhu Gaoxu.

Perhaps it is indeed the same as Zhu Gaoxu said, this group of people is only one step away from drinking the blood of soldiers and eating empty salaries.

"I also lost my opinion!"

At this juncture, more than 20 years is not enough time for Zhu Gaoxu, and he really doesn't have the energy to play any intrigues and tricks in the temple.

As for the military attaches who were transferred, they really couldn't help them, so they could only help them in the future.

"Tan'er and Er?" Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache, and after thinking about it, he said:

Yishaha, who sent Xia Yuanji and Guo Zi, saw their demeanor in his eyes, and then after returning to the side hall, he conveyed the expressions of everyone outside to Zhu Gaoxu.

Guo Yan didn't want to persuade Zhu Gaochu to let everyone go, she just wanted Zhu Gaochu to think about how to deal with this matter.

"Last year, administrative expenditures amounted to more than 34.3 million yuan, military expenditures amounted to more than 17 million yuan, and infrastructure expenditures amounted to 9.7 million yuan, totaling more than 61 million yuan."

Now it seems that the impact of the "Guimao case" is not only corruption, but also makes Zhu Gaoxu's trust in the Governor's Office of the Six Armies much lower.

"Your Majesty, the money and grain have been ordered to be transferred to the bank, and the remaining more than 3 million guan have been allocated to the Ministry of Industry, and in addition, the Navy Governor's Mansion needs to rebuild a batch of treasure ships and fortune ships, which will cost more than 1.3 million taels."

"Haven't I treated your children well enough?"

Zhu Gaoxu's voice was slightly low, and Guo Yan bowed his head after hearing this: "Someone has to come to persuade Your Majesty." ”

"They have suffered a blow this time, and the group of people in Jiangnan is expected to make a fuss in this imperial examination."

Zhu Gaoxu moved his gaze back to the map, and Guo Yan slowly got up and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, not saying anything more.

It's a pity that they are too stupid to be corrupt when the court is short of money, otherwise they would not have fallen so quickly.

"Natsuharaji, what do you think?"

Thinking of the stupidity of this group of people, Wang Hui clenched the brush in his hand.

The number of relatives involved in this group reached more than 196,000, so the number of people sentenced to mismatch reached more than 220,000.

From the time Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth to the present, the three of them have not been able to say a word, because they are unreasonable.

The three of them who were not lightly frozen got up, perhaps because they were old and frail, and Wang Yi even needed Chen Chang's support to get up and walk into the Qianqing Gate.

"If it's good for fame, it's good for ......power"

"The minister commands." Seeing this, Xia Yuanji didn't say anything more, and Guo Zi of the household department Shangshu said:

Zhu Gaoxu asked Guo Zi, and Guo Zi hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, if the negative expenditure this year does not exceed 18 million yuan, then it should be able to be repaid by the end of next year." ”

These things have been folded by the household and are worth no less than 50 million yuan.

Not to mention the clerks, tens of thousands of graduating middle school students and hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are waiting for a place, and if they can, they even want the clerks to be replaced all over the world.

"However, next year's negative expenditure, the imperial court will be a little unaffordable......"

"The minister thinks that this policy is feasible." Xia Yuan Ji replied that he also thought that there was no need for the imperial court to hold on.

Guo Zi cautiously made a suggestion, and Zhu Gaoxu was a little embarrassed after hearing it, after all, he said that he would share it equally with the people.

"Accurate!" Zhu Gaoxu agreed without thinking, after all, the navy is the foundation of Daming's continuous access to overseas gold and silver, and most of the existing treasure ships and fortune ships were built more than 20 years ago, and it is normal to replace a batch of new ones.

"In addition, let the Metropolitan Procuratorate conduct a Beijing inspection of the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies and the soldiers and horses of the world."

"At first, the slave maid also thought that an ambitious person like him must be indispensable for corruption, but now it seems that the slave and maid are in good shape."

"The main people involved in this case are civil ministers, and although the lords are also guilty of punishment, their merits cannot be ignored."

Zhu Gaoxu commented on Wang Hui, he didn't expect that Wang Hui, a person who relied on his lips to ascend to the throne, had never embezzled even a penny in the process of ascending to the throne.

Yizha also did not shy away from expressing his views on Wang Hui, and was nodding in approval by Zhu Gaoxu.

"Yes!" When he heard this, he immediately walked all the way to pass the word.

"I'm pulling the ship of the Ming Dynasty in front, I hope all you can do is help me tinker, but not only do you not repair it, but you even want to dismantle the ship!"

"People will always covet one thing, either beauty, fame, money, or power."

Officials continue to be arrested, and new ones are replaced.

Although it can be replaced by lifting people, lifting people is always not as high as Jinshi's gold content.

Zhu Gaoxu's will made Yishuha's heart tighten, there had never been a case of the Metropolitan Procuratorate inspecting the Governor's Mansion of the Sixth Army before, and it was basically a self-examination by the army.

Zhu Gaoxu really didn't know what to say, or he had nothing to say.

Maybe he learned the news that Zhu Neng and the others were coming, or he felt that Wang Yi had been waiting outside for too long, but in short, Guo Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, still walked into the Qianqing Palace.

"In this case, please consider your Majesty's discretion to convict ......"

Guo Zi also seemed to know that saying this would make Zhu Gaoxu lose his face, so he hurriedly continued:

"Although it is a good government for Your Majesty to divide the land equally among the people, but the land is in the hands of the people, and the output and tax payment are not much, although the court said that the land was sold to the people, but the money is basically invested in the locality, and it is also a disguised help to help the people, so Your Majesty does not need to have any pressure."

Guo Zi's words seemed to mean something else, and Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

In addition, there are antique calligraphy and paintings and treasures and playthings, and more than 200 boxes of ancient books.

"He is not greedy for money, and he doesn't care about beauty, so all he cares about is fame and power."

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth suddenly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to listen to the order.

Although there are not many gold, silver and copper coins, the real estate obtained from the seizure far exceeds the conjecture of Guo Zi and Xia Yuanji.

"Am I not caring enough about you?"

"The money is put in the bank, and the savings of the depositors before the repayment are repaid, and the excess is transferred to the Ministry of Industry."

These days, he has been recuperating at home, and has not interfered in anything, but often summons those military attaches who have entered Beijing to report on their work, and teaches them to take the "Gui Mao case" as a warning. ”

As for the group of civil and military officials who participated in the greed for ink, regardless of faction, they were implicated and confined by their relatives, and what awaited them was the yellow sand in the northwest and the grassland in the north of Mobei.

Xichang, Jinyiwei, and the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Ministry of War have taken action, and since the issuance of the holy decree, the officialdom of the entire Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil.

"Slave, take the order......" Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu did not kill Qiu Song and the others, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Gaoxu will issue treasury bonds and use the people's savings to build large infrastructure.

Although Zhu Neng is not a Bohai faction, Zhu Gaochu has not treated the Yanfu faction harshly, since Zhang Yu's death, Zhu Gaoxu's communication with the Yanfu faction has basically conveyed his meaning through Zhu Neng.

Faced with Guo Zi's proposal, Zhu Gaoxu was moved, but he still had to think about it, so he set his sights on Xia Yuanji.

At this moment, this map seemed to have magical power, which made Zhu Gaoxu stand stunned and look at it for more than half an hour.

More than 20 years is a long time for a person, but too short for a country.

"Minister...... Retirement"

At the beginning of March of the seventh year of Hongxi, when Yizha told Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting in the Wuying Palace, the result of the "Guimao case".

"The minister suggested that the confiscated more than 6 million acres of cultivated land be sold ......"

"Minister, the leader ......"

Even if the land is evenly distributed among the people, the remaining things can be folded into more than 8 million yuan.

"Minister......" Wang Yi and the three of them were bitter, but they couldn't say anything to refute.

The two entered the hall and sang and spoke, and finally sat down and began to report.

The faces of the five people are different, and Wang Hui's face is particularly unsightly, after all, of the more than 1,000 officials who were hit this time, basically seventy percent are officials of the New Deal faction, and the rest are also military attaches from Bohai, which are all their help.

The more Zhu Gaoxu spoke, the more angry he became, if it weren't for the fact that the three of them were all fifty or sixty years old, he might have already done it.

"Cheng Guogong, Shen Guogong, Zhaozhou Hou, get up and come in."

"The slave and maid received the order" also lost his answer, and Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Where is Qi'er?" ”

From this group of people, the household department confiscated a total of 146,327 taels of gold, more than 3 million taels of silver, more than 8 million yuan of copper coins, and more than 6 million yuan of banknotes.

"As for cultivated land, the household department is in charge, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises it, so that the local officials can distribute it equally to the local people."

"Don't dare!" The three of them kowtowed, and Zhu Gaoxu also stepped forward and stood in front of the three of them, condescending with an ugly expression.

There are nearly 50,000 houses, villas, and small courtyards alone, as well as more than 6 million acres of fields, 57 mines, and more than 4 million stones of grain stored in warehouses.

"Her Royal Highness ...... Queen"

Zhu Gaoxu has done many times to divide the acres of land equally, but this method is not conducive to balanced development.

But the problem is that they are here to intercede for Qiu Song and the others today, they didn't do these things, but the people below did not do less.

It's just that in the face of Xia Yuanji's suggestion, Zhu Gaoxu refused without hesitation: "The rules can't be changed, and if the jinshi is not enough, you need to lift people." ”

In successive dynasties, the acres of land were confiscated, and there was rarely a policy of dividing the people equally, and the acres were sold through the local government, and the money and grain were collected and returned to the national treasury.

In the midst of his faltering steps, Wang Yi, Zhu Neng, and Chen Chang walked into the Qianqing Palace and saw Zhu Gaoxu with his back to them.

He had indulged enough with this group of people, and he had not been reminded during the period, but not only did they not relent, but they intensified.

"You guys are blocking the card down there, secretly digging mining pits overseas, have I taken out these things to worry about you?"

Guo Zi reported on last year's annual income, and then added:

"In addition, the raiders of the Guimao case also copied out 6 million yuan of treasury bonds, whether these treasury bonds should be put into the market or ......?"

"Your Majesty, Cheng Guogong also brought people here, and now he is kneeling outside the Qianqing Gate."

Xia Yuanji was the first to speak, after all, there were too many officials arrested this time, you must know that Daming selected at most 300 officials from Jinshi a year, and now he has arrested more than 1,200 at once.

"Alas" Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu let out a long sigh and said with a loss:

"If you knew this was the case, why did you ...... it in the first place"

(End of chapter)